The recent death of Bob Keeshan reminded lots of people that the power of what you watch on TV as a child extends beyond mere nostalgia. Keeshan’s character, Captain Kangaroo, like Fred Rogers’ Mister ...

Japanese old and young are celebrating the birth date of cartoon character Astro Boy, who was recognised as an envoy by one Tokyo ward and resident of a town north of the capital. "The birthday" of ...

Astro Boy is coming back to the small screen in a brand new series from Method Animation and Shubuya Productions. Now, the studios have enlisted a capable filmmaker to help make the project a reality.

As a Pinocchio-style adventure about a superpowered robot, Astro Boy struck a chord with generations of children. The 1980s anime still has a lot of fans, but recent attempts to revive the franchise ...

Paris-based animation studio Caribara Animation has unveiled a teaser of its reboot of the iconic Japanese character Astro Boy, aptly titled Astro Boy Reboot. Twenty-six half-hours of the 2D/CG hybrid ...

Animoca Brands is announcing two mobile games based on Astro Boy, a famous anime and manga cartoon series from Japan. For Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands, a spin-off from mobile-game maker Animoca, ...

The first ”Astro Boy” cartoons were imported here in the early ’60s; this new version was animated in Japan and dubbed into English, a process the press release pretentiously calls ”transcreation,” ...

Japanese old and young are celebrating the birth date of cartoon character Astro Boy, who was recognised as an envoy by one Tokyo ward and resident of a town north of the capital. "The birthday" of ...